The government has announced a 3.6% pay increase for NHS staff in England. What do we know? There have been no negotiations with unions and this is not an offer for members to accept or reject. This is an imposed pay award. UNISON is working urgently to get clarity on when the pay rise […]
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Months after promising us negotiations at the end of the 2024 pay round, the government choose to stick with the discredited PRB process for this year. Unsurprisingly, NHS pay is overdue. We’ve been working to highlight all the problems caused by continual delays for members and the service. We want the government to sit down […]
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NHS staff have had their hopes of a prompt pay rise dashed once again. The government’s decision to stick with the ‘painfully slow’ NHS pay review body process means yet another lengthy delay before health workers in England* get the annual wage rise they should be due today (Tuesday), says UNISON. NHS staff are meant to receive their pay […]
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Union seeks to increase pressure on the government for urgent reform to NHS pay structure. UNISON is escalating its campaign for the government to open talks on NHS pay in England. The move comes after the government reneged on its promise to sit down with unions and employers and fix the problems of the current […]
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A new briefing sets out the latest updates on NHS pay for 2025/26, the position of UNISON’s Health Service Group Executive and the next stages of our pay campaign for branches. Click here to read the full thing.
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Last week the Westminster government published their position for the 2025/26 pay round. The key points are that 2.8% is set aside to cover pay spending, that an interim minimum wage fix will be imposed on 1 April, and that – it seems – negotiations on the NHS pay structure have been kicked to next […]
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Judges have told employers they’ll no longer be able to discipline their staff for taking part in legal strike action in a UK Supreme Court ruling today (Wednesday), says UNISON. The union, which took the case on behalf of care worker Fiona Mercer, says the government must now act quickly to change the law and […]
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Your next pay rise should be due on 1 April 2024 and if we don’tsee action from the government in time, we must stand ready to respond. The NHS is in a staffing emergency with over 100,000 vacancies, spiralling workloads and a record patient backlog. You know that meagre pay awards from the government and […]
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